Privacy policy — Mutaspire

Mutaspire ("the game") is developed and published by GlintByte, an independent studio ("we", "us"). This policy explains what information the game uses when you play it on Android, and what happens to it.

1. The short version

We do not collect, store or sell any personal data ourselves.
There are no accounts, no sign-in and no analytics.
Your progress and settings stay on your device.
The game offers optional rewarded ads. To show them, the ad provider (Google) processes certain device data — see section 3. Watching an ad is always your choice.

2. Information stored on your device

The game saves the following in its private storage on your own device:

your progress: Genes, Bones, unlocked upgrades, parts and form, Genome Book entries, achievements, statistics (runs, best floor, play time) and Daily Seed results;
the current climb, saved at the start of every floor so you can continue later;
your settings: music and sound volume, language, touch controls, Relaxed Mode, colour palette.

This data never leaves your device and we cannot access it. Uninstalling the game or clearing its data in Android settings deletes it permanently. Because we do not hold a copy, we cannot restore lost progress.

The Daily Seed is calculated from the date on your device; it does not contact any server.

3. Rewarded ads

The game only shows rewarded ads: short ads you can choose to watch in exchange for an in-game bonus. They never start on their own, and you can play the whole game without watching any.

These ads are served by Google AdMob, a service of Google LLC (in the EEA and UK, Google Ireland Limited). To show ads, measure them and prevent fraud, the AdMob software in the game may collect and process:

your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers;
your IP address, from which an approximate location (e.g. country) can be derived;
device and app information (model, operating system, language, app version);
interactions with ads (whether an ad was loaded, shown, watched or tapped);
diagnostics and crash information related to ads.

Google processes this information under its own privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy. How Google uses information from apps that use its services is explained at https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

Your choices.

In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the game asks for your consent before personalised ads are shown, using Google's consent tool. You can change your choice at any time from the game's settings.
On any Android device you can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalised ads, in Settings → Google → Ads (the exact menu depends on your device). You will still see ads if you choose to watch one, but they will not be personalised.
If you never tap a "watch ad" button, no ad is shown.

We do not receive personal data from Google. We only see aggregated reports, such as how many ads were shown and the revenue they earned.

Permissions. To show ads, the game needs internet access (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) and the advertising ID permission (AD_ID). It requests no other permissions.

4. Children

Mutaspire is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from anyone. Ads in the game are not intended to be shown to children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the game, contact us and we will help with the appropriate request to Google.

5. Your rights

Depending on where you live — for example under the GDPR in the EU/UK or the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK, Law No. 6698) — you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of personal data. Since we do not hold any personal data about you, the data stored on your device is under your control (see section 2), and requests about ad data are handled by Google (https://policies.google.com/privacy#rightsandcontrols). You are always welcome to contact us and we will help.

6. Third parties

The game is distributed through Google Play, which handles downloads, updates and any reviews you write under Google's own terms and privacy policy. Apart from Google AdMob, no third-party services are included in the game.

7. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new "last updated" date before the version of the game it applies to is released.

Contact

Questions about this policy or about Mutaspire: [email protected]